Raphael Shore

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Raphael Shore is a Canadian-Israeli Orthodox Rabbi, filmmaker and the founder of the The Clarion Fund, a front for the ultr-Zionist Aish HaTorah, which has close ties to the Israeli settler movement.[1] Shore is the twin brother of Ephraim Shore, the former head of the Israel lobby media watchdog HonestReporting, also run by Aish HaTorah. Shore has frequently criticized US media for its supposed anti-Israel bias.[2]

Shore's controversial documentary about Islam in America Obsession became the centre of controversy when during the 2008 presidential campaign his organization had 28 million copies distributed to voters in swing states in an apparent attempt to play on fears about Obama's alleged Islamic roots.[3][1]

Films

Shore has written and produced the following films.

Affiliations

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Ali Gharib and Eli Clifton, Neo-cons, Ex-Israeli Diplomats Push Islamophobic Video, Inter Press Service, 19 October 2008
  2. Raphael Shore, Media coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, USA Today, 21 January 2005
  3. Daphna Berman, Obsession Stokes Passions, Fears and Controversy, Haaretz, 19 October 2008